Cunningham slaves, Shelby County, Montevallo, Alabama

Cunningham slaves, Shelby County, Montevallo, Alabama

I present for researchers a list of my ancestor Joseph H. Cunningham's family slaves, from the inventory taken in 1857:

Moses, age 25Alfred, age 21Jessee, age 18Lewis age 16Edmund age 13David age 10Harriett age 8Elijah age 35Lizzy age 42Skinner age 40Mink age 21George age 13Sam age 23Dallas age 11 a boyMilly age 17 a girl Jimmie a girl age 18Linda age 42Bill age 16Jim age 15Prince age 21Aggy 14 a girl Felix age 23Elvira age 11Eliza a girl age 12Priscilla and 2 children, she is 19Sarah age 16Charles age 55Pleasant age 60

From an 1851 document, there wasEsther, plantation cookLucinda, born 1835

Most of the above people were purchased or inherited by the sons and daughters of the planter in 1858. Some of the family names of the children were Cunningham, Bowden, Hawkins, Roebuck, Welch, Wells, Hail, Frost, and Wilson.